Browsed byMonth: February 2012

Snoring is common in adults and usually is indicative of an increase in the resistance of the upper airway and may be a sign of obstructive sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea. Snoring may also be associated with morphological conditions that narrow the upper airway, such as obesity, nasal congestion, craniofacial abnormalities, hypothyroidism, acromegaly, and adenotonsillar hypertrophy. The pathogenic mechanisms of snoring are complex. It is a respiratory noise acoustically, is due to the vibration of the wall of the…